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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 07:25 PM
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Hey everyone,

my 2001 sport appears to be higher up on the passenger side of the car by roughly an inch in the rear and nearly 3/4" on the front passenger side. The read from center of wheel to lip of fender measures 18.5" on driver side and 19.5" on passenger. Is there any way I can even this out? At this amount, it almost looks as if it's lifted in the rear which is nice, but only on the right! Here are a few photos of the car.




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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 07:27 PM
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sounds like you have a heavy right foot.....

but i would see if the leaf pack is kinked at all.. but until then go to the JY and grab another set of stock leafs, and with trial and error swap out/add/subtract single leafs until it sits level again.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 07:36 PM
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you may have a bad coil spring on the drivers side,dipping low in the front will cause the same thing to happen in the rear
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 09:30 PM
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Time is not on my side so trial and error of swapping out other sets isn't really on option right now. On the other hand, I will check and see if the coil spring looks to be collapsed or not!
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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Maybe the rubber isolator is bad could have cracked/split and fell out?
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